DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN HIV PREVENTION IN ADOLESCENTS AND
YOUNG PEOPLE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Digital Educational Technology. Primary Prevention. Adolescent health. HIV. Nursing.
Educational changes have been suggested in education systems, such as the adoption of
more modern technologies. In this sense, digital educational technologies have been
applied as useful tools in the construction of knowledge on difficult topics, such as the
prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in adolescents and young
people. Objective: to analyze the scientific evidence about digital educational
technologies for HIV prevention among adolescents and young people. Method: This is
a systematic review that will be conducted based on the recommendations of the
international research and development organization Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) and
the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review sand Meta-Analyses: The
PRISMA Statement (PRISMA). Through the PICO strategy (P-Population -
Adolescents and young people; I -Intervention- Digital Educational Technologies; C-
Control or Comparison- - Traditional teaching methods; and O-Outcomes/Outcome -
Primary HIV prevention) the research question was constructed : “Do digital
educational technologies produce changes in behavior and expansion of knowledge
when used as a method of HIV prevention in adolescents and young people?”. The
search will be carried out in the following data sources: National Library of Medicine
(MEDLINE/PubMed), Scopus Elsevier (SCOPUS), Web of Science (WoS),
ScienceDirect (Elsevier), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences
(LILACS). ), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO.org), clinictrials.gov,
Cochrane Central Controlled Trials Registry. In addition to the theses and dissertations
directories for accessing gray literature: Open Access Theses and Dissertations
(OATD), Cybertesis, Europe E-theses Portal (DART), E-thesis Online Services
(EThOS), Open Access Scientific Repositories of Portugal ( RCAAP), New Zealand
Thesis, Catalog of Theses and Dissertations of CAPES. Data collection will take place
from February to May 2023. By crossing the descriptors indexed in
Decs/MesH/keywords: Educational Technology, digital technologies, Primary
Prevention, HIV/ Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/ Human Immunodeficiency
Virus), Adolescent/ Teenager/ Young. For the combination of terms, the Boolean
operators AND and OR will be used. By using the resources and research
methodologies of each platform, after the pilot test, the search expressions in each data
source will be defined. Articles from primary studies, dissertations, theses will be
included, available in full, without time limit, in any language and that answer the
research question. Reflections, experience reports, letter to the editor, editorials,
abstracts published in annals of scientific events will be excluded. The study population
focuses on adolescents and young people, according to the standards defined by the
World Health Organization, between 10 and 24 years of age. The pre-selection of
studies will take place through an initial reading of the title and abstract, followed by
the exclusion of duplicates, subsequent reading in full and inclusion of studies
according to the adopted criteria. For data extraction, a collection instrument will be
built. The GRADE system will be used to assess the level, importance and strength of
recommendation of the evidence. This study will be a review of published data and no
ethical approval is required.